Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
This is my one chance to try this. My one and only chance, in this one and only location. And if I screw this up… for sure, I’ll never get another opportunity. Never. Because the location will disappear as soon as the bulldozers and the demolition crews arrive. I must prepare and I must persevere.…
Read MoreSaturday morning. There’s snow all over the ground. It’s freezing like anything. And here I am, looking for any film I can cram into my four-lensed Nimslo camera. Ah, here’s a pack of old Kodak 400. See, I’m still battling this feeling that I’ve lost my photography mojo. The more my broken foot limits my…
Read MoreI want to share this news with all of my fellow painters, photographers, sculptors and artisans of the Capital Region. Here’s an opportunity to show off your best nature-inspired creations. And I hope you’re able to participate in this. The 17th annual Nature Art Show at the Thacher Nature Center is accepting entries. The Nature…
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I’m going stir crazy. This broken foot of mine is really cramping my style. I need to take more pictures. Something stylish and inventive. And I’m thinking about doing a “neon pirouette” photo, in which I rotate my camera on its tripod (while the shutter is open) and create a beautiful neon-colored bloom. You say…
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It’s Friday morning, and I’m cleaning out my car for its upcoming tuneup. Trash, trash, candy wrappers, soda bottles, Leica Green – Leica Green? Have I had my rangefinder film camera in the car all this time? I looked at the film counter. There’s still about 30 shots left in the camera. And the last…
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I’m currently trying anything and everything to take my mind off my broken foot. I have to. Because if I can at least focus on other things, then I can get through another day and get one day closer to healing or surgery or repair or whatever. So I’m trying to focus on other projects,…
Read MoreFor the sixth consecutive year, I am fortunate in that my artworks have been accepted to the Capital Region’s premier charity art show, Historic Albany Foundation’s BUILT: Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes. Three of my artworks – Coca-Cola 2015, The Pew of Holy Innocents, and Dream Window 17: Friday Night Fish Fry – are among the…
Read MoreAs part of Albany’s “First Friday” collection of art shows and entertainment in our fair Capital City, Albany’s First Presbyterian Church will present purchasable artwork that features 200 years of the history of Troy. Definitely cool. And when the church’s organizer, David Hinchen, contacted me and asked if I had some artwork or photos that…
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It’s Saturday morning, and the wet, miserable rain is pouring down around the Capital District. I know only one thing about this moment. Get out there with the cameras and capture those soggy leaves as they fall around the area. So I took a quick road trip down to Greene County, and decided to follow…
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One of my goals for 2017’s Competition Season is to create a three-dimensional lenticular print with my camera gear. I’ve come up with several ideas and concepts, and depending on how things go, I hope to have something that will dazzle. And although I have had some successful lenticular “magic motion” prints have done well…
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